The following is a brief overview of how to use the WhaleMap shiny app to customize the display of survey data. If you have further questions or requests, please submit a GitHub issue or emailed Hansen directly ().

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Choose from different basemaps

Click on the Colors tab on the Editor pane, then use the Choose basemap: dropdown menu to select the background you would like. Remember to click Go in the bottom left to plot the new map.

ESRI Ocean

OpenStreetMap

ESRI Imagery

Grey

Color track lines by variable

Click on the Colors tab on the Editor pane, then use the Color tracks by dropdown to select the variable you would like to colorcode. Then use the Choose color palette dropdown to pick a set of colors you would like.

Pro tip - If it starts looking messy, try switching to a different basemap (Grey often works well)

You can get creative and color tracks and detections by different variables

Select date range

Click the Data tab on the Editor pane, then click the Date range button underneath the Choose date(s). This should bring up two date fields. You can type in the date range you like (using YYYY-MM-DD format), or select them using the popup calendar widgets.

Select platform by name

Use the Choose platform name(s) to select specific platforms, such as a specific plane or vessel, you would like to display. The choices that appear are based on the date range selected above. Make sure you remove the All option to only show specific platforms

Interactive management layers

Canadian management is more extensive this year. Switch to the Layers tab and scroll down to Canadian Management section to turn specific layers on and off. Note that some of them (e.g., Fishing grid) are clickable so you can extract information about a particular layer.

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